Editing DPS main picture

As usual, I visited my favourite website befunky.com. What I did with my main double page spread image is adjust the brightness and contrast. This would give my image a more vibrant and defined look as it goes with my convention. Here is what my final double page spread main image is:

Here is how I edited my image:

What inspired me to adjust the brightness and contrast of my image is I had been doing research on Hip Hop female artist photo shoot's to see what the convention is and here is what I used to help me edit my image:

 As you can see this image is bright and you can see each feature in detail which seems more effective. Also you feel more involved when you are looking at the image due to the artist looking direct at the audience.